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Helen Shang @helenshang.bsky.social · 12h

At the CAPE (Coalition of Asian Pacifics in Entertainment) 35th anniversary! Celebrating the AAPI talent in Hollywood today, and all the amazing Asians who came before us!

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Helen Shang @helenshang.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Just rewatched NIGHTCRAWLER. Even better than I remember and OMG, Jake Gyllenhaal makes my skin crawl, he's incredible in it.

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Helen Shang @helenshang.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

I sold a bag on Mercari & did everything per their instructions, the shipping had a delay but the bag finally got delivered. But now Mercari's refusing to pay me on a technicality. *pupils contract into pinpricks* There are times when you say, I'm out $37.50, meh. This is not one of those times.

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Helen Shang @helenshang.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

This investigation should have NEVER be swept under the rug, but it's good that it's reopened. May Jane Doe get justice, and may those rapist men face real consequences. Also, don't say celebrity activism never did any good. Florence Pugh's Instagram message helped this story reach more ears.

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Helen @helenmaryme.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

These privileged frat bros gang raped a girl and invited others to join in for SEVEN HOURS. The story was buried, only two were expelled, and we are only hearing about it now because the victim is suing. Cornell, the police, and the system protected them. The Cornell Seven:

Pictures and names of the seven Cornell students accused of sexually abusing a woman for seven hours.

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Helen Shang @helenshang.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

I like watching movies at home with all the lights on and apparently (according to my friends) that is appalling serial killer behavior.

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Tim Gaedke @timgaedke.com · 26/09/2026

talent is a lie

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Helen Shang @helenshang.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

This is a truly awful case and I feel sympathy for the victim and her loved ones. But this is one of the most surreally hilarious things I've ever witnessed.

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Helen Shang @helenshang.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

I love this stupid discourse. I also love that they posted the wrong article.

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Helen Shang @helenshang.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

I'm so excited! A sci-fi short story of mine, MUTE, has been published in the litmag, Hexfiled! It's about pugs because I find them cute! Read here. Thanks, Hexfiled! hexfiled.com/mute

hexfiled.com

Mute — HEXFILED

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President Warren G. Haunted @popeawesomexiii.bsky.social · 28/10/2025

First day as a vampire hunter: This is easy lol First night as a vampire hunter: oh no

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Helen Shang @helenshang.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

I thought it was just about the climb but in reality it is also a heartwarming biopic of Tenzing Norgay! Moving and exciting! And told from the perspective of the Sherpa people! 🥹

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Helen Shang @helenshang.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

They made a movie about the first successful (recorded) ascent of Everest! Put it in my eyeballs! 👁👁

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Helen Shang @helenshang.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

That Australian "breakdancer" has a documentary? I'm sorry, why is this completely underserving person getting EVEN MORE screentime and attention?! I'm tired of people getting famous for all the wrong reasons, while legit hardworking and talented other people don't get that recognition.

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Helen Shang @helenshang.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Gonna use this as my story's blurb.

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Helen Shang @helenshang.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

OMG!!! The short story I wrote that was published on @thefreak.ca just won the Someone's Going to Jail For This award!!! 🥹🥹🥹 I AM VERKLEMPT! The highest honor, thank you thank you! (Their editor's pick story is strange and excellent, please also check that one out!) www.thefreak.ca/stories/i-ha...

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Helen Shang @helenshang.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Should I watch all 11 Hellraisers again in October...

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Helen Shang @helenshang.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

My sci-fi/horror short story is live on THE FREAK! All thanks to the Freak-y editors for giving this weird story a platform! www.thefreak.ca/stories/i-ha...

thefreak.ca

I Hate Sara Gomez - Helen Shang — The Freak!

Fuck her because loving yourself should be long hard fucking work.

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World Central Kitchen @wck.org · 01/09/2026

As first responders rush to rescue people trapped by the floods in Nepal, WCK teams are working closely with local partners to make sure families have warm meals. Hear WCK's John on @cnn.com about how the need remains intense: world-central-kitchen.visitlink.me/hyh9IT #ChefsForNepal

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John Rogers @johnrogers.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

After my parents were visiting set for the first time, I asked my dad what he thought. He said “I didnt realize, it’s like you’re building a house, and once an hour good looking people run in and put on a play for five minutes. Then they leave and you go back to construction.”

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Helen Shang @helenshang.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

Okay so the ✨️Con Crud✨️ is fucking COVID! 🥲 I am okay, I'm VERY lucky that my symptoms are light. But of course I am isolating, and playing this song to keep me company: youtu.be/jdIP2xmDqx0?...

youtu.be

The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996) Scene: "Out There"/Quasimodo's Song.

YouTube video by John Maverick

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Helen Shang @helenshang.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

My fave short story finally got accepted for publication at a very cool publication!!! After being rejected 10 times. That one is such a weird story, it needed a while to find its home!

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Mo Ryan @moryan.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

👇 "The vast majority of people who work in film and television are not studio executives, nor are they famous actors. They are, overwhelmingly, blue-collar workers, freelancers, and small businesses. And they are in free fall." Yes.

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Helen Shang @helenshang.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

So... I did get the SDCC ✨Con Crud✨ despite masking and disinfecting and doing all the things! This happens every year. Every year! (I feel ALL GOOD, it is extremely light.)

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Helen Shang @helenshang.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

Was too impatient to wait in a line to go to a Comic-Con party so I just went down the line and spoke to everybody I knew and then I went to Chipotle. 😎 I mean it's essentially like going to the party!!!

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Helen Shang @helenshang.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Me, whenever somebody asks me if I read a book I should have read: "I have read it on a spiritual level. By which I mean, in the future, I will have read it. And loved it. After all, time is a flat circle, would you not agree?"

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Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

JUST IN: A federal judge has paused the Paramount/Warner Bros. merger, saying it likely violates antitrust laws. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

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Writers Guild of America West @wgawest.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

“With fewer competitors, the merged Paramount-Warner Bros. entity would have both the incentive and the ability to lower costs by suppressing writers’ wages and reducing output. Writers will be paid less and have fewer employment opportunities.” #BlockTheMerger vist.ly/5bha2

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Writers Guild Sues Paramount Over Warner Bros. Deal

The Writers Guild of America sued Paramount Skydance Corp. and Warner Bros. Discovery Inc. Tuesday, alleging the $110 billion merger would harm competition in the markets for film and television writing.

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Akela Cooper @akelacooper.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

Go outside then, dude. Take long, deep breaths. Really get that air into your lungs.

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Helen Shang @helenshang.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

The car lovers of Bluesky have found this tweet and I'm getting dragged in the comments LMAO. 😂😭 Apparently I project the aura of not knowing anything about cars. Impossible!

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Helen Shang @helenshang.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

My first short story was accepted in the first place I submitted, which was insanity. This second story got 3 rejections before this acceptance. My third story has 5 rejections and has 2 submissions pending. And my fourth story (actually one of my faves!) has had 9 rejections so far, w/ 1 pending.

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Helen Shang @helenshang.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

OMFG a short story I wrote just got accepted for publication in a sci-fi magazine, barfing crying throwing up!!! It will be my second publication!!! My little slush pile babies 🥹!!!

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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

Congratulations to Lindsey Graham for writing his own obituary ten years and two months in advance. The question of who deserves it remains, since the natural world and a whole lot of people in this country and beyond do not deserve it.

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Helen Shang @helenshang.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

OK maybe it was an SUV. Look it had minivan vibes. And I wanted to take a picture but it's no longer here. You're just going to have to trust me!

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Helen Shang @helenshang.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

There is an Aston Martin minivan parked in front of my house. An Aston Martin. MINIVAN. Someone had enough money to buy an Aston Martin and they bought the minivan. I'm so amused. 😃 Also it's green???

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Helen Shang @helenshang.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

I went into Project Hail Mary with zero expectations or knowledge of anything, and I loved it SO much.

Helen Shang @helenshang.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

I have found the source of the fungus gnats. A scene more horrific than any horror movie.

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Helen Shang @helenshang.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

I have fungus gnats in my house. I don't know where they're coming from! The spiders are getting extremely well fed. I have purchased six Zevo light traps that have cast my entire home in an eerie blue glow. The vibes in my house are liiittle Junji Ito right now.

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Helen Shang @helenshang.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

OBSESSION / KEEPER / MEN triple feature. 😌

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IGN @ign.com · 25/06/2026

Avatar: The Last Airbender Season 2 builds on the first season with better pacing, a more cohesive tone, and even some improvements on the original series. Our review: bit.ly/4xN1HEZ

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Helen Shang @helenshang.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

Avatar S2 is out on Netflix now! Right now! Watch it! My episode is episode 3, called City of Walls and ✨️sEcReTs✨️!

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Helen Shang @helenshang.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

We had our Avatar S2 premiere last night! Here's a pic of most of our S2 writers and support staff! We clean up okay! Avatar S2 comes out TOMORROW, June 25th on Netflix! (Or late late tonight if you're a 🌃🦉 like me...)

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Helen Shang @helenshang.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

AFTER 1.5 HOURS OF HOLD MUSIC SOMEONE PICKED UP AND HUNG UP ON ME!!!

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Helen Shang @helenshang.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

Do you think that it is possible to be driven insane by the IRS hold music?

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Helen Shang @helenshang.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

IMDB Pro is like a drug that I keep wanting to quit but then the urge to do some lite stalkies (I mean for business purposes!!!) becomes too great and I'm out $150 again.

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